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State to auction $1M in unclaimed property

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Inside the Florida Department of Financial Services lies a vault full of boxes. But, what's in those boxes is considered treasure - fascinating items like diamond and platinum rings, a gold stopwatch and ancient coins.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Inside the Florida Department of Financial Services lies a vault full of boxes. But, what's in those boxes is considered treasure - fascinating items like diamond and platinum rings, a gold stopwatch and ancient coins.

Millions of dollars worth of items are stored in the vault. Every year, banks turn over unclaimed property to the department. State workers try to find the owners, but after waiting several years auction the items off.